Two dead after Friday collision on Highway 101

Annapolis District RCMP are investigating a two-vehicle collision that claimed the lives of two men on Highway 101 outside Middleton on Friday night.

Shortly before 10:30 p.m., an RCMP member discovered two vehicles in the ditch as the result of a collision near Spa Springs, between exits 17 and 18.

The driver of the westbound vehicle, a 42-year-old male from Cambridge, was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver of the eastbound vehicle was a 57-year-old male from Mount Uniacke who was extracted from his vehicle, but later died from his injuries. Both men were the lone occupants of their vehicles.

The highway was closed overnight while an RCMP traffic reconstructionist conducted an investigation at the scene of the incident, which has been determined as a head-on collision. The cause remains under investigation.